It's all about 16K now... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-47867038
On Sat, Apr 6, 2019 at 11:51 AM Adam Bowie <[email protected]> wrote: > For the foreseeable future, I think 8k is just something for people to put > on display on trade stands and in large department stores with unfeasible > price tags just to say, "Aren't we clever?" > > You probably need close to 100" screens to make 8k in anyway sensible. And > in an increasingly urbanised world, that's an entire wall for many people. > I don't think any broadcaster is doing this for ratings reasons - it's the > R&D teams seeing what they can do and the company being able to press > release it. > > For consumers, improved screen technology like OLED, HDR and improved > audio systems are of far greater near-term impact. > > I think it's perfectly fine for broadcasters to shoot crown jewel events > in things like 8k or 3D. They've always done that. But in no way does it > really mean that consumers are going to watch it in any significant number. > > Adam > > On Fri, Apr 5, 2019 at 9:29 PM Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > >> How well do these folks think the human eye can see? How much detail do >> viewers really want? As a one-eyed guy, I’m grateful the rest of you >> rejected 3D media. As a guy with average vision in my one good eye, can we >> all stand together by rejecting the expense of a level of image quality >> which benefits nobody? >> >> I swear, inside the offices of network executives, some toady getting his >> ass handed to him over declining ratings panicked and, instead of arguing >> that the lack of quality in the content of the programming is leading to >> the decline, blurted out that viewers were tuning out because the picture >> wasn’t clear enough, and the executives were stupid enough to believe him. >> To believe 8k is wanted or needed, you have to ignore all the data which >> shows the ever increasing amount of people of all ages who watch media on >> their phones. >> >> Law and Order in 8k is still going to be as bland and formulaic as it was >> when it was in standard definition in a 4:3 ratio. >> >> On Fri, Apr 5, 2019 at 1:11 PM Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Industry article says 8K is on its way. >>> >>> LINK <https://www.tvtechnology.com/news/ready-or-not-here-comes-8k> >>> >>> On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 7:57 PM Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 5:13 AM Adam Bowie <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> For what it's worth, I tend to think that investing in a decent sound >>>> system is the best way to up the quality and really envelop you, rather >>>> than work out if you can even get a 100" TV into your home! >>>> >>>> If people here don't know this, decent quality speakers need physical >>>> depth which is not provided in thin flat screen TVs. Our local TV critic >>>> publishes Q&As and one frequent question has to do with people having >>>> trouble hearing dialogue over background music. After years of telling >>>> people it had to be due to them growing older he figured out that the >>>> problem could well be the crappy quality of the speakers in today's sets. I >>>> invested in a sound bar and it made a tremendous difference. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> -- >> Kevin M. (RPCV) >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
